Food Editor Story in Charleston Post and Courier
I was interviewed for this story about the Charleston food editor Charlotte Walker (pictured above). Walker was included in my book, The Food Section.
I loved the conclusion of the article:
“Walker retired in 1974, and died in 1995. She left no survivors, so her legacy is carried solely by a compendium of her “Loved and Lost” columns and “The Post-Courier Cookbook,” which today isn’t available for checkout at the public library.
“These food editors were so significant,” Voss says. “They did all these great things, but in the 1970s, they began to fade.” Teaching women how to bake pudding cakes ran afoul of the decade’s definition of feminism, and struck younger female journalists as embarrassing as hair rollers and girdles.
“They were completely forgotten,” Voss continues. “I guess it’s one of those things about women’s history that’s sad and scary: You can shape the lives of so many people, and yet be forgotten so quickly.”
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